Hi All,
Was wondering how you all saw these verses and what Paul meant by being unequally yoked together? Is paul saying not to have any association with other denominations, like attending their meetings? Would you call other denominations unbelievers?
CHB
No, other denominations are not unbelievers. Thinking like that is what caused all the denominations in the first place. I think it is about important yoking together like a marriage.
When I saw the truth of the reconcilliation of all people I became a lot more accepting of others instead of more exclusive. I don't care who I rub shoulders with now.
law and grace
if your judging and not doing the law..then Grace is unequally yoked to it
if,in Christ,you see the law fulfilled then you can have law and grace evenly yoked...like the oxen bearing the Ark of His Presence and Word
yoke the Law to all have been concluded in sin/worthy of death..to all shall be freely given grace you are equally yoked
it is the same thing as using a pair of unjust scales...which He hates Like measuring out grace in abundance to yourself...and being
miserly when it comes to others[skimpy cheating measure]
there is much uneven yoking going on...when you do that in the natural...there is always a turning to the left or a turning to the right
very hard to go straight
a hand on the scales of measure[ark balancing] is a no-no Ecc 12;11 the words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings ,
like firmly embedded nails-given by one Shepherd Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them
Quote from: CHB on June 25, 2011, 06:56:26 PM
Hi All,
Was wondering how you all saw these verses and what Paul meant by being unequally yoked together? Is paul saying not to have any association with other denominations, like attending their meetings? Would you call other denominations unbelievers?
CHB
Yokes (also) represent the degree of chastining:
http://www.gods-kingdom-ministries.org/BOOKS/birthright/Chapter4.cfm
http://www.gods-kingdom-ministries.org/BOOKS/birthright/Chapter5.cfm
hey WW
that gives a whole lot of meaning to 'and He shall shepherd the nations with a rod of iron . also the image in Daniel..where the clay and iron feet
Dan 2;33 so the people will be a mixture,and not remain united, anymore than iron mixes with clay.
This themeaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain,but not by human hands- a rock that broke the iron,the bronze,the clay
the silver and the gold,to pieces
I thought about Daniel too, but I don't see how "Daniel's man" fits with teh yokes.
Unless the article isn't complete there are only iron, stone and wooden yokes.
There is no wood in "Daniel's man"
What about gold, silver and bronze yokes?
So, is it safe to say we all on this forum are unequally yoked together, since none of us believe the exact same thing, yet we all are drawn together by what we believe?
Who are the unbelievers and unrighteous that Paul is referring to?
CHB
Hi CHB
we all have a yoke of sin in our flesh to be delivered of. Love can be a perfect bond of union til we all attain full understanding. Putting up with one another in love
knowing that each and every man is beloved of God,and that God will make him stand,that he will be raised up. we can wash one anothers feet
and all be the better off for it. Drawing close to one another as we await our full deliverance, surely we have more in common,then differences
encouraging each other when were down, rejoicing with each other when He lifts us up. Let us be tender in our affections for one another
we know we all need it...it's been a lonely road for most of us/seperated off from the greatest number of humanity...to hear Him
I know by expierance that all our relationship with God has come at a high price....many of us have sold everything we had..to buy the feild with the hidden pearl
Jesus was must unevenly yoked to mankind,when He come in the flesh...and willingly bore that yoke,carrying the weighty burden...to make
our yoke light. Maybe we can do the same
Quote from: sheila on June 26, 2011, 07:01:37 PM
Hi CHB
Jesus was must unevenly yoked to mankind,when He come in the flesh...and willingly bore that yoke,carrying the weighty burden...to make
our yoke light. Maybe we can do the same
Hi Sheila,
Never thought of it like that, thanks.
CHB